Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§1641e Filing of claims; notice in Federal Register

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - CLAIMS AGAINST BULGARIA, HUNGARY, RUMANIA, ITALY, AND THE SOVIET UNION › § 1641e

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must publish in the Federal Register the start date and the filing deadline for claims under paragraphs (1)–(5) of section 1641b. For paragraphs (1)–(3) it must publish within 60 days after August 9, 1955, or within 60 days after Congress provides appropriations for those functions, whichever date comes later. The deadline for those claims cannot be more than one year after publication, except claims under section 1641d are limited to six months. For paragraph (4) it must publish within 30 days after July 24, 1968, or after appropriations are provided for that function, and the deadline cannot be more than six months after publication. For paragraph (5) it must publish within 30 days after October 20, 1974, or within 30 days after appropriations for that function, and the deadline cannot be more than six months after publication. A U.S. national who was mailed notice by a U.S. agency about filing a claim against Hungary under paragraphs (1)–(3), but did not get the notice because the agency used a nonexistent address, may still file a claim. The Commission must publish in the Federal Register, within 30 days after October 20, 1974, the filing deadline for those claims, which cannot be more than six months after that publication.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1641e

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(a)Within sixty days after August 9, 1955, or within sixty days after the date of enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b of this title, whichever date is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when and the limit of time within which claims may be filed under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b of this title, which limit shall not be more than one year after such publication, except that with respect to claims under section 1641d of this title this limit shall not exceed six months.
(b)Within thirty days after July 24, 1968, or the enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (4) of section 1641b of this title, whichever is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when and the limit of time within which claims may be filed under paragraph (4) of section 1641b of this title, which limit shall not be more than six months after such publication.
(c)Within thirty days after October 20, 1974, or thirty days after enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under paragraph (5) of section 1641b of this title, whichever date is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when, and the limit of time within which, claims may be filed with the Commission under paragraph (5) of section 1641b of this title, which limit shall not be more than six months after such publication.
(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any national of the United States who was mailed notice by any department or agency of the Government of the United States with respect to filing a claim against the Government of Hungary arising out of any of the failures referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b of this title, and who did not receive the notice as the result of administrative error in placing a nonexistent address on the notice, may file with the Commission a claim under any such paragraph. The Commission shall publish in the Federal Register, within thirty days after October 20, 1974, when the limit of time within which any such claim may be filed with the Commission, which limit shall not be more than six months after such publication.

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1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(4)(A), substituted “paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 1641b of this title” for “this subchapter”. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 93–460, § 1(4)(B), added subsecs. (c) and (d). 1968—Pub. L. 90–421 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

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22 U.S.C. § 1641e

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73